Cigarette-making device.



P'ATENTED MAR. 27', 1906.

- A. B. ,BUGKINGHA'M.

CIGARETTE MAKINGVDEVIGB; 4 APPLICATION FILED MAY4;'1905.

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ALBERT E. BUOKINGHAM, or OAKLANDf (JALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO THEBUOKINGHAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or :SAN FRANCISCO, CALI- 'FORNIA, ACORPORATION OF-CALIFORNIA.

CIGARETTE-MAKING DEVICE."

I I: I Specification of Letters lPatent l A nm mmea Ms 4, 1905. SerialNb. 258,844.

Patented March 27, 1906.

receiver and a plunger by which the tobacco is expelled from thereceiver through the tube and into the cigarette which is formed uponits exterior.

It also comprises details of construction which will be more fullyexplained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1shows the application of a tobaccobag to my device. Fig. 2 is asectional view of my device. 7

It is the obj ect'of my invention to rovide a device for the rapid andeconomica manufacture of cigarettes as they are desired for use andWithout wasting loose tobacco from which such articles are made.

As shown inv the drawings, A is a receiver,

which may be made of any suitable or desired shape. I have here shown itin the form of a short cylinder, and at one end it has a flaring-nozzle2, which is fixed centrally to the end of the receiver, so that itssmaller end opens directly thereinto. The opposite end of the receiveris closed. Through the opposite sides of the periphery of the receiveropenings are made. To one of these openings is fixed a tube 3 of suchlength and diameter as may be required for the manufacture of thecigarette. Through the hole which is in the opposite side which is inline with this tube a plunger 4 is adapted to slide. The tube serves asa mandrel upon which the cigarette-paper may be rolled, as at 5.

The operation then will be as follows: The divergent or funnel-shapepart 2 is first introduced into the end of the bag containing thetobacco. Such bags are usually made with a draw-string around the mouth,and after the drawn tightly around the funnel and the string may befastened. In this position there is an open communication between thebag through the funnel into the interior of the receiver. Acigarette-paper is then taken and rolled about the tube 3. By simplyholding the edge of the paper and turning the tube 3, the paper may besmoothly rolled upon the tube with the out end projecting a littlebeyond the end of the tube. This out end of the paper is then folded soas to close the end of the cigarette. The device is then held so thattobacco will easily fall from the bag through the funnel into thereceiver, and by withdrawing the plunger from the tube a portion of thetobacco passes into the tube. The plunger being moved forward will pressthe tobacco down into the folded end of the paper. On withdrawing thelunger another small quantity of tobacco wi 1 enter the tube and can beforced against that already located in the bottom of the cigarette. Asthis-reciprocation proceeds the cigarette will be radually forced offthe tube and when full it is only necessaryto fold the end which is lastremoved from the tube and the cigarette will be complete. There will beno waste of tobacco, since the tube remains constantly attached to thebag until the contents have been used, and the plunger fills the tubewhen the device is not in use. The tube 3 preferably has its inner endchanneled to turnably engage with a correspondin lip or flange on thereceiver A, as at 5, so t at the tube may be easily revolved, and thepaper rolled upon it. The plunger may also have a collar or stop toprevent its being pulled out and lost.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A cigarette-making device consisting of areceiver open at one end, afunnel-shape prolongation of the receiver having an open end saidprolongation adapted to enter the mouth of a flexibletobacco-containingpackage and be secured thereon, a tubular mandrel or former extendingfrom one side ofthe receiver upon which mandrel the paper envelop may berolled, a hole in the opposite side of the receiver in line with thetube and a plunger reciprocable through the receiver and into the tube.

. whereby the tobacco passes from the package into the receiver and istransferred therefrom into the cigarette-envelop, and the latter isgradually expelled from the tube until filled.

3. In a cigarette-making device, a receiver, means for detachablyconnecting it with a tobacco-container, a flanged opening on one side ofthe receiver, a tubular mandrel having one end revolubly engaged withthe flan e, a plunger movable through the opposite si e of the receiverin line with the tube, said plunger having a stop or collar to preventits removal from the receiver In testimony whereof I have hereunto setmy hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses:

ALBERT E. BUOKINGHAM. Witnesses:

S. H. NOURSE,

HENRY P. TRICOU.

